Late in the year he also decided to give up switch hitting – focusing only on his left-handed swing. 273/.367/.448 in those second half games and cut his strikeout rate down to 18.6% – essentially what he did in the 2018 season, and a huge improvement over what he had done in the first half. In the second half he had 177 plate appearances – just 10 fewer than he had in the first half. When he came off of the injured list he came out swinging, and was a vastly different hitter than the one he was when he hit the injured list. His oblique injury kept him out of action for a month, with his return coming on July 26th. On June 28th the Reds made the move to placed Barnhart on the injured list. His strikeout rate had never been higher than 18.4% in his career before 2019 rolled around. 191/.290/.315 and had 50 strikeouts in 187 plate appearances. In the first half of the season he really struggled at the plate. With that said, Tucker Barnhart’s season was very interesting to look at. His on-base percentage was only off by 3 points, and his slugging percentage was only off by one point. The ZiPS projection was pretty accurate for Tucker Barnhart in 2019 – at least from an on-base and slugging percentage basis. Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projection system, however, projected him to basically put up his career triple-slash line AB Tucker Barnhart was entering the 2019 season in what was supposed to be his prime offensive years. As we continue to look back at the 2019 season, we’re going to take a look at the season for catcher Tucker Barnhart.
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